Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 189 Entering the Prison
"But if we only use French Aurors, after the bloodline cleansing, the number of French Aurors will definitely decrease. It may not be so bad that the Ministry of Magic cannot maintain its rule, but it will certainly not be able to easily suppress the resistance of the Muggle-born wizards in the country."
"At this time, if the Dark Lord wants to mobilize reinforcements from his base camp, he must hide the identities of these people. Even if so many powerful and professionally trained wizards suddenly appear, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of many people. But as long as their identities as British wizards are not really revealed, those French wizards can still deceive themselves."
If Fred still didn't understand after John's explanation of the relationship, he would no longer be called Weasley.
"In other words, the reason why this Auror is so afraid of us knowing this news is that he is worried that we will expose this matter and let all French wizards know that they have actually been controlled by the British for a long time?"
Jon looked at Scabior and sneered.
"If we were the only ones who knew this news and then passed it on to Professor Dumbledore and the others, even if they told the truth, the French Ministry of Magic led by the Dark Lord could easily argue that the professors were lying, because words alone are not enough and there is no actual evidence at all. He is afraid that after we learn this news from him, we will not kill him but use his identity to prove this matter."
"At that time, it will be more painful than killing him. As long as he has a family in Britain, the Dark Lord will definitely not let his family go. No matter how big the wizarding world is, there is no place for him. Am I right, Mr. Scabior?"
Scabior's eyes were empty, his mouth opened mechanically, and he only uttered one syllable.
"right……"
Fred became excited. John's words made him clearly understand how much help they could provide to Dumbledore and others if they captured Scabior here.
"Then how do we hand him over to the professor and his friends?"
Jon said, shaking his head.
"Don't worry. Professor Dumbledore said that after he is stable , he will let Fawkes come to us. Then we can hand the Auror over to him. Moreover, don't forget that getting this news was not our original purpose in arresting him."
He stared at Scabior and continued to ask.
"How do you usually communicate with Dementors?"
"Those... ghosts have their own leaders... I usually only interact with the leaders they leave on the island... They can basically understand human language ... If you want to understand what they want to express, you need a spell..."
Scabior's own will had basically given up all resistance, and he then taught John this simple spell for communication and described the characteristics of the Dementor leader.
"It... is larger than a normal Dementor... and its cloak is older..."
"Do these Dementors recognize your faces or something? How do you ensure you won't be attacked by them?"
"On the first day on the island... we, together with the Aurors who were on duty on the island before... carried out the handover with those ghosts. They all knew our faces..."
After clarifying this last question, Jon had no other questions that needed answers.
He cast a stunning spell on Scabior and then assigned the next tasks.
"The invisibility cloak can't help us avoid the detection of the Dementors, but since these monsters only use their faces to identify friends and foes, we can use the Polyjuice Potion to transform into their appearance to enter the castle and contact the leader of the Dementors. As the leader of the other Dementors on this island, it must know that the Dark Lord came to this prison at that time."
"They have two people, and we happen to have two too. This time, only Fred and I will go in. Nick, you stay here and keep an eye on this Auror. We will need him later."
Nick and Fred nodded in unison.
Then Jon took out two bottles of Polyjuice Potion that he had prepared on the ship just in case, and pulled out a hair from Scabior.
Soon they also took a hair from McNeill's head that was thrown on the beach, put it into the polyjuice potion and drank it.
They transformed into McNeill and Scabior respectively, and made all the preparations. Finally, they said goodbye to Nick and prepared to enter Azkaban Castle.
"Remember, if an accident happens, you must escape immediately. These monsters cannot leave Azkaban easily. Even if we fail once, we still have a chance to try again." Nick warned them seriously.
Jon nodded with a relaxed look on his face.
"Don't worry, I value my life very much and won't do anything stupid that would risk my life."
Although they had not spent much time together, Nick was still very reassured about Jon.
They parted here, and Jon and Fred walked together towards the dilapidated Azkaban castle.
The closer they got to the castle, the lower the temperature became. They both unconsciously tightened their robes, and every breath they took produced a thick white mist.
From a distance, they could already see the wide open castle gate.
The originally magnificent wooden door was ajar and half-broken. When you get closer, you can see the black broken end.
This damage was obviously sustained not long ago. John guessed that it was most likely left behind when Sirius and Lupin escaped from prison earlier this year.
The ground was paved with black stone slabs, and their clear footsteps echoed throughout the castle.
After entering the door, there is a spacious entrance hall, which is almost as big as the one in Hogwarts Castle. From here, it can be seen that this castle was not originally built to be a prison.
After they walked in, two extremely tall creatures wearing tattered gray cloaks suddenly appeared at the corner at the end of the hallway and floated towards them.
The moment he saw the Dementors, Fred's body visibly stiffened. John patted his shoulder from behind inconspicuously, which made his tense body relax a little.
When the two Dementors approached, John whispered the communication spell he had tortured from Scabior. Then, in a strange way, he understood what the two Dementors were saying as they walked towards them.
"Wizard...what's going on..."
Jon said calmly in Scabior's voice.
"Take us to see your leader. We have some orders that the Ministry of Magic has just issued to him."
